廂

See also: 厢

廂 U+5EC2, 廂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EC2 ← 廁 [U+5EC1] CJK Unified Ideographs 廃 → [U+5EC3]

Translingual

Han character

廂 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 戈木月山 (IDBU), four-corner 0026₀, composition ⿸广相)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 348, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9416
• Dae Jaweon: page 659, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 892, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5EC2

Chinese

trad.		廂
simp.		厢
alternative forms		箱

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (相) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
相	*slaŋ, *slaŋs
廂	*slaŋ
湘	*slaŋ
緗	*slaŋ
箱	*slaŋ
葙	*slaŋ
想	*slaŋʔ
霜	*sraŋ
孀	*sraŋ
鸘	*sraŋ
驦	*sraŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāng (xiang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): siông

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xiong¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): siŏng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siong / siang / siuⁿ / sioⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sion¹ / siên¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siang
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹
    • Yale: syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiang
    • Palladius: сян (sjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: soeng¹
    • Yale: sēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suoŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong
    • Tâi-lô: siong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang
    • Tâi-lô: siang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siũ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /siũ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sioⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sionn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svioy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔ̃⁴⁴/

Note:

• siong/siang - literary;
• siuⁿ/sioⁿ - vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sion¹ / siên¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sioⁿ / sieⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩõ³³/, /sĩẽ³³/
Note:
• sion1 - Shantou;
• siên1 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: sjang

Rime
Character	廂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息良切
Baxter	sjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/siɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/siɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/siaŋ/
Wang Li	/sĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*slaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	廂
Reading #	1/1
No.	13580
Phonetic component	相
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	襄
Old Chinese	/*slaŋ/

Definitions

廂

1. wing; side room; theater box
2. side
3. train carriage; compartment
4. vicinity of a city

Compounds

• 一壁廂 / 一壁厢
• 一廂情願 / 一厢情愿 (yīxiāngqíngyuàn)
• 兩廂 / 两厢
• 兩廂情願 / 两厢情愿 (liǎngxiāngqíngyuàn)
• 兩邊廂 / 两边厢
• 包廂 / 包厢 (bāoxiāng)
• 南西廂 / 南西厢
• 四廂 / 四厢
• 坊廂 / 坊厢
• 城廂 / 城厢 (chéngxiāng)
• 壁廂 / 壁厢 (bìxiāng)
• 廂兵 / 厢兵
• 廂官 / 厢官
• 廂房 / 厢房 (xiāngfáng)
• 廂鋪 / 厢铺
• 待月西廂 / 待月西厢
• 打連廂 / 打连厢
• 攛廂 / 撺厢
• 東廂 / 东厢
• 耳根廂 / 耳根厢
• 董西廂 / 董西厢
• 西廂 / 西厢
• 西廂記 / 西厢记 (Xīxiāng Jì)
• 車廂 / 车厢 (chēxiāng)
• 車廂廣告 / 车厢广告
• 這壁廂 / 这壁厢
• 這廂 / 这厢
• 連廂 / 连厢
• 連廂棒 / 连厢棒
• 連廂舞 / 连厢舞
• 連廂詞 / 连厢词
• 邊廂 / 边厢
• 那壁廂 / 那壁厢
• 關廂 / 关厢

Japanese

Kanji

廂

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: そう (sō)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)
• Kun: ひさし (hisashi, 廂)

References

• “^▲廂”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

廂 • (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune–Reischauer sang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

廂: Hán Nôm readings: rương, sương, tương

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